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Magan Pagnini crowned as 2024 Miss California Mid-State Fair Queen
PASO ROBLES — The California Mid-State Fair (CMSF) kicked off its 78th year on Wednesday, July 17, with a switch-up on its normal opening ceremony. This year, instead of a ribbon cutting, fair-goers were let into the fair starting at 3:45 p.m. Then, promptly at 4 p.m., a rope was dropped, letting everyone loose in the fairgrounds to enjoy “Wide Open Spaces,” this year’s theme.
Three face felony charges in area high-performance vehicle thefts case
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced charges against three people allegedly involved in 13 different vehicle thefts or attempted vehicle thefts throughout California. Between July 2023 and March 2024, the suspects participated in a large-scale conspiracy to steal expensive high performance vehicles from the counties of El Dorado, Kings,...
More Than 700,000 Acres of Wildfire Ravage Oregon
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters in the West are scrambling as new wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington, with at least one Oregon fire so large that it is creating its own weather. Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon was closed in both directions Tuesday between Ontario and...
FIRST ALERT ACTION DAY: More heat and humidity continues
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY-TV) - An Excessive Heat Warning is still in effect until 8 p.m. FRIDAY for Yuma and Imperial Valley. Daily temperatures are above normal with highs possibly up to 118 degrees, but our heat index will remain high and up to 122. A strong ridge of high...
Big Lots Closing All North Bay Locations, Several in Sac Region
Discount retailer Big Lots will be closing all of its locations in the North Bay. The company says it will be shuttering its Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Fairfield, Ukiah and Vacaville locations later this year. Big Lots will also be closing several of its locations in the Sacramento region. That...
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